Archive for the 'UN Peace-keeping mission' Category

[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Senior military leaders from 22 nations, most in the Asia-Pacific region, are gathered in Mongolia this week to learn about nonlethal weapons and how their forces can more effectively use them. The two-day seminar started with demonstrations, including the X26, with Mongolian military participating. Each experienced firsthand how it feels to […]

[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : The US Marines as TASER International salesmen? Marines in a cooperative exercise with Moroccan military provided training in non-lethal techniques – including tasers – to prevent an escalation of force during crowd uprisings. Peacekeepers are often faced with problems in delivering humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Non-lethal arms may be essential. […]

[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The reference to tasers is at the end of this post (in bold) and for use in peace-keeping contexts … : “African Lion, which contained 900 Moroccans and 2,000 U.S. soldiers, also contained a peacekeeping phase in which U.S. and Moroccan troops conducted non-lethal training. Soldiers from both countries used such equipment […]

Malaysian police are set to become the second in Southeast Asia after Singapore to use the non-lethal Taser , TO BE used by police in developed countries as it is considered non-lethal.stun guns. The 220 tasers “The Taser is a weapon which is used to stun fleeing or belligerent suspects.”